This is how HardwareZone works from home #HWZWFH

[kobayashiGT]

[Adrianli]

This is my setup.

[kobayashiGT]

58 minutes ago, Adrianli said:

This is my setup.

WOAH you using the OG Microsoft mouse! Damn old school! 

[kobayashiGT]

My set up for a Saturday afternooon. 🙂 

[Adrianli]

23 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

WOAH you using the OG Microsoft mouse! Damn old school! 

Ya. I think 12 to 15 years old? The very first optical mouse.

[kobayashiGT]

28 minutes ago, Adrianli said:

Ya. I think 12 to 15 years old? The very first optical mouse.

I love that mouse. But they never do a wireless one. 

[Unltd]

On 5/15/2020 at 9:34 AM, kobayashiGT said:

This is how HardwareZone works from home #HWZWFH

source: https://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/blog-how-hardwarezone-works-home-hwzwfh-part-2

My area of solitude

Let me start by saying I love my kids. I really do. But preferably, I’d like to love them from my office far away when they’re at home after school.

Unfortunately, Covid-19 has changed this with the government issuing Work from Home orders and Home-Based Learning days for students.

Working from home, let me say how jealous I am of our associate editor’s setup he showed off last week. The space and equipment on display were enough to make a tech lover like me drool with envy.

I don’t need a lot to keep me happy. Give me enough space for a fat man to be comfortable, a nice chair, a big, sharp monitor, and a desktop or laptop that can connect to what I need, when I need it, and I’m satisfied. A man of simple needs and pleasures.

In the office I have an office provided desk and chair. I use an office provided PC along with USB-powered keyboard and mouse, and my only indulgence is my 34-inch monitor that allows me to easily view up to three-word documents at a time.

At home, I don’t have a proper desk and have had to hijack the dining table. The good thing about it is the real estate I have for my device sprawl. The bad is that it is severely minimal, and this has meant plugs and cables making a mess on the side. My kids do their schoolwork next to me so they have access to easy tech support and a reference library when they get stuck with school work.

The mess I try to ignore

Comfy chair? Well, I have a chair and it has a padded base and is high enough to sit on and view my screens without having to strain my neck.

Any additional storage I need is kept in Ikea bought containers that provide me with ample space for junk.

My Ikea storage containers

I was initially reduced to using the 13-inch laptop screen on my MacBook Pro but I brought my Acer 32-inch monitor to make it easier for an old man to see the text in small emails and multiple documents.  

Bigger is always nice

The Acer EB321HQU A is a 31.5-inch, 1440p monitor with DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort inputs. Using an IPS panel with a 60Hz refresh rate and 4ms response time, it comes with a tilting stand, has picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture modes. It is more than enough for my current needs. I can even have a video running quietly in the background without any problem.

But having seen the screen real estate curved monitors provide, I’ve decided that a curved monitor is the way forward.

My laptop is a late- model 2018 13-inch MacBook Pro bought early 2019. It is powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core 8th generation Intel Core i5 processor and 8GB LPDDR3 RAM. It also has 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports.

My 2018 model of MacBook Pro

I can’t use a speaker as the sound will distract my wife and kids from what they need to do. I also have the occasional conference call. So rather than speakers, I chose to go with a pair of BoseQC20 earphones. This is an active noise cancelling earphone set. The in-ear wearing style means that users can now block out ambient noise in most everyday scenarios. Furthermore, the earphones also come with a convenient talk-through function.

The earphones and all the accessories

Finally, I added an external keyboard and mouse.

The keyboard is a standard wireless, battery-powered one from Apple. Nothing fancy but it works.

It may be small but it gets the job done

The mouse is a Logitech MX Anywhere 2. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to review the new MX Master 3 so I’m still using old tech. Old it may be, but it is still one of the better devices out there. 

MX Anywhere 2

It comes with Darkfield High Precision laser tracking, which allows for tracking on any surface, including glass that’s at least 4mm in thickness. Logitech Flow allows a mouse to control up to three computers seamlessly, allowing the user to move text, images, and files between these devices. The battery lasts slightly more than two months on a full charge.

 

Careful when using the ldnio multi plug with usb, make sure you don’t leave it unattended. https://says.com/my/tech/5-fire-hazard-extension-cords-to-stop-using-immediately-as-advised-by-emsd

[Wind30]

7 hours ago, Adrianli said:

This is my setup.

U have a name tag?? At home?

[Wind30]

My setup. The chair is new, bought for the lockdown, the kid comes for free...

I have a lot of gear squeezed into one room.

one pc, two laptops, two consoles, one polycom, one printer, one dry box,  one router, one stereo speakers. 
the polycom is over 10 years old and great for conference calls. Don’t like the mics on the laptop.

[Adrianli]

53 minutes ago, Wind30 said:

U have a name tag?? At home?

Thatz from my ex-company when I left. They were going to throw it away so I took it home. Behind it is another one from my ex ex-company.

[kobayashiGT]

1 hour ago, Wind30 said:

My setup. The chair is new, bought for the lockdown, the kid comes for free...

I have a lot of gear squeezed into one room.

one pc, two laptops, two consoles, one polycom, one printer, one dry box,  one router, one stereo speakers. 
the polycom is over 10 years old and great for conference calls. Don’t like the mics on the laptop.

You speaker is abit too big don't you think? 😂

[Mockngbrd]

My wfh setup... Dog not included 

 

 

Going by size. I am lowest paid 

Edited May 16, 2020 by Mockngbrd

[RadX]

Sometimes have to bring in my old MB Pro in case have parallel webinars going on 

[SiLangKia]

15 minutes ago, RadX said:

Sometimes have to bring in my old MB Pro in case have parallel webinars going on 

wa we finally get to see the inseide of your morgue, didn't know so high tech one HAHAHAHAHA

[Weez911]

10 hours ago, Mockngbrd said:

My wfh setup... Dog not included 

Going by size. I am lowest paid 

U also lost track of time. Your calendar showing March.

[kobayashiGT]

11 hours ago, Mockngbrd said:

My wfh setup... Dog not included 

 

 

Going by size. I am lowest paid 

Hahaha. Is she your co-worker? 

Your mouse is cute leh. Sure got a lot of female colleague like! 😂

[kobayashiGT]

8 hours ago, RadX said:

Sometimes have to bring in my old MB Pro in case have parallel webinars going on 

WHERE IS THE 9 x 9 MONITORS Setup?!?!?!?! Hahaha. 

[RadX]

1 minute ago, kobayashiGT said:

WHERE IS THE 9 x 9 MONITORS Setup?!?!?!?! Hahaha. 

that at block 9 SGH